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Some 80% live on the islands of Santa Cruz and San Cristobal islands where tourist facilities are based, on Floreana and on Isabela island for the fishing.
Galápagos National Park & Galápagos Marine Resources Reserve, Ecuador 2009
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A series of plans were also prepared for the technical offices at San Cristobal, Isabela, Santa Cruz and Floreana in 1996.
Galápagos National Park & Galápagos Marine Resources Reserve, Ecuador 2009
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Orange and lemon trees Citrus spp. are widespread on San Cristobal and Floreana, Lantana camara also occupies the humid and lower transitional areas of Floreana.
Galápagos National Park & Galápagos Marine Resources Reserve, Ecuador 2009
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The archipelago has 19 islands and 42 islets, and official say the islands of Isabela, Santa Cruz, Santiago, San Cristobal, Floreana and Santiago are infested with up to four invasive rodents per square meter.
Full-Scale Assault Launched Against Invasive Galapagos Rats AP 2011
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Seasonal springs occur on Santa Cruz and Floreana, and brackish water is available on all islands.
Galápagos National Park & Galápagos Marine Resources Reserve, Ecuador 2009
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Fishing and cattle were the basis of the islands 'economy, with, in 1974, 3,000 cattle on southern Isabela and 300 on Floreana.
Galápagos National Park & Galápagos Marine Resources Reserve, Ecuador 2009
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Endemic taxa include 13 species of Darwin's finches, including the Floreana tree finch Camarhynchus pauper (VU) and mangrove finch C. heliobates (CR).
Galápagos National Park & Galápagos Marine Resources Reserve, Ecuador 2009
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This upwelling may also influence the southern islands of Floreana and Española, especially their western shores.
Galápagos National Park & Galápagos Marine Resources Reserve, Ecuador 2009
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Mrs. Margret Wittmer wrote a book Post Office Floreana about her experiences.
Are We Loving the Galápagos to Death? Cecilia Alvear 2010
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Spheniscus mendiculus, as its English, French, Spanish & German vernacular names would suggest, is endemic to the Galápagos archipelago, officially owned by Ecuador, with 95% of the population occurring on the western islands of Fernandina and Isabela, and 5% on [[Bartolomé]], Santiago and Floreana.
Galapagos penguin 2010
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